[logback-user] MDC and GDPR

[David Roussel]

In what way does it leak personal data?

You only add data to the MDC that you want to log.  In general you shouldn’t log personal data, so don’t put it in the MDC.

That is the principle that I stick to.

Thanks

David

> On 20 Jan 2020, at 14:23, <dominique.villard at orange.com> <dominique.villard at orange.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I don’t know if this topic has already been addressed (found no reference).
> With MDC some applicative logs may leak personal data.
> Would it make sense to add a putDigest method to the MDC class that would put a digest (irreversible) of the ‘val’ parameter ?
> Thx.
> /DV
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